✧ Knight-Commander Meredith

Made a Varric fanart! Been in Dragon Age mood lately. Where's that trailer Bioware?!? (ノ｀Д´)ノ彡┻━┻

I have so many questions. Who are these tiny people and why are they excavating cheese? Why are there bodies? 

Day 439 of me begging Bioware to let me have a Zakuulan stronghold, and to let mE FUCKING CHANGE ARCANN'S ARMOR....

[source (Senior Reporter at Kotaku), linked Kotaku article, two, 'FC 24's performance link', three, four, @/N7SeveranceDay (source of the last two images, "Account supporting BioWare employees laid off in 2023."), five, six, Polygon tweet, Polygon article]

"BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance" statement transcript:

“BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance On August 23 of this year, BioWare eliminated “approximately 50 roles at BioWare”. Following the layoffs, seven ex-BioWare employees engaged the services of R. Alex Kennedy to represent their interests, stating that the amount of severance offered was insufficient under Alberta common law. Counsel for the employees has attempted to reach a compromise that would avoid requiring lengthy court proceedings, but BioWare’s lawyers refused any offers to negotiate and settle out of court. The basis of Kennedy’s claim is that according to Alberta precedents and under Canadian law, these employees should be receiving approximately 1.7 months of severance per year of service they gave to BioWare. BioWare has now filed a Statement of Defence, which argues that the seven terminated employees are only entitled to two weeks of severance per year spent in service to BioWare, because of a contract provision that Kennedy says is not enforceable. The filing means BioWare will be taking these former employees to court rather than working towards finding an out of court resolution. The developers involved in the suit have expressed their disappointment: - “We are disappointed that BioWare prefers stalling and intimidation tactics to fair dealing with people who have given years, and in some cases decades, of dedication and hard work to the company.” - “We believe they are using intimidation and stalling tactics to try and get us to drop out. A lot of the more junior employees and those with families, who had more monetary pressure on them, could not risk waiting on a court case that may take many months more to resolve, and have already had to drop out.” - “At the time of the layoffs, BioWare offered us professional assistance in finding new employment, and an additional payment, but ONLY on the condition that we signed an agreement saying we cannot talk about any details of the settlement, and that we would completely waive any right to legal action or even to complain in any way about anyone associated with BioWare now or ever in the future. Tactics like that sure make me think that BioWare knows it is in the wrong.” - “Despite what they publicly announced when they laid us off, this process has been anything but empathetic, respectful, and communicative.” The latest BioWare layoffs were the third round so far this year, and many of the developers affected even in earlier rounds are still searching for work, though some have started to find new positions. Regardless of employment status, the members of the current lawsuit state they remain determined to pursue BioWare in court, regardless of their employment status: - “We strongly believe that if Dragon Age: Dreadwolf does not do as well as BioWare or EA wants at launch, there will be more, even larger layoffs. Therefore, regardless of our own well-being, we believe it is important to hold BioWare responsible and get a clear decision on what settlement amount is legal. We’re no longer part of the development team, so the best way we can help our former teammates now is to hold BioWare accountable and ensure that the next group who is laid off are not treated as poorly as we were.” November 7th marks “N7 Day”, which is a fan celebration of BioWare’s Mass Effect games featuring Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy. The developers involved in the lawsuit are hoping N7 Day this year will be a reminder to BioWare of the importance of loyalty to your crew, and hope fans can have a little fun and help express their support with memes and images using an #N7SeveranceDay hashtag. The ex-employees involved in the suit are all based in Canada and have an average of 14 years at BioWare.”

[source]

You can express your support using the hashtag #N7SeveranceDay.

Edit: [Part 2/update] [more on the Keywords topic]

✨Seven of Pentacles✨

Reaping what is sown, perseverance

🌿Lily of the Valley🌿

Return to happiness

Can you guess what my tarot card symbolizes?

By the side of the Divine Cassandra seeks the truth and finds Her whirling blade cuts so sublime Royal hearts Nevarran minds

Happy Dragon Age Day!<3 *prints*

So Netflix is going to be doing a Dragon Age series. I’m hyped, it’s been a good couple of weeks of game announcements.

But, I really need to stop looking at the comment section of announcements. There is so much salt that I just want to vomit.

It’s like they forgot this beauty exists.

*chefs kiss*

-Full Disclaimer: Bunneh has never played any Castlevania games.-

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Though if we’re going to bitch about not get what we want (in regards to dragon age) let me ask this. Why didn’t they put in a cutscene at the end of Origins of Alistair in a pretty dress dancing the Remigold? I feel fucking cheated. (Mods don’t count.)

they don't tell you part of the job was sleep deprivation

Song Recommendations for Your Solavellan Playlist ☆ ´ˎ˗

With Solavellan once again occupying too much space in my head, I felt the urge to create an updated Solavellan playlist for aaall my suppressed Dragon Age feelings.

So, here is a short list of songs I like to associate with Solas' heartrending romance, which may also not be in your playlist yet:

Faun - Von den Elben

Maire Brennan - Perfect Time

Loreena McKennit - The Old Ways

Mumford & Sons - White Blank Page

Jason Graves, Malukah - Home To Me

Oonagh - Wir sehn uns wieder

Les Friction - Your World Will Fail

Damien Rice - The Greatest Bastard

Patty Gurdy - Grieve No More (Extended Version)

Dread Halla Tavern - Lavellan's Lament

Clannad - Brave Enough

Eurielle - Rescue Me

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⤷ More songs that are meant to evoke Solavellan moments and moods: attempted it to be at least somewhat chronological

If anyone has any other suggestions or songs they adore, feel free to share them with me. I am always on the search for more Solavellan songs ~

smh a little this whole BG3 situation happening on twitter. Like yes, indie devs 100% should not be held to the standards of AAA games. I don't know if going to twitter to yell about how BG3 shouldn't be a new industry benchmark is the way to handle that...but people know indie games and small studio games are different than AAA games.

now, someone from Diablo 4, someone from a much much larger studio, getting in on the complaints and saying they shouldn't be held to the standards of what Larian's putting out...that's bloody laughable.

redraw of an old piece

I credit this character I inadvertently created for reigniting my passion for niche crossovers

"if you fancy Astarion, you might want to consider therapy. He's so damaged I must have him! Enjoy the fantasy and then call a therapist. It's a two step thing and it's very important you do both." - Amelia Tyler what do your narrator eyes see? 😂😂😂

"𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚊𝚍𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑, 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 . 𝙷𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 . 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕, 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌, 𝚗𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚗𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 ."

➵ Felassan aesthetic set ➵

in collaboration with @rusya-pics; the story of a slow arrow that broke in a sad wolf's jaws.

Felassan

*spins🌿*